word of the day: mensch

The word of the day is mensch:

Etymology:  < Yiddish mensh < Middle High German mensch , mensche person (see mannish n.).

colloq.

 In Jewish usage: a person of integrity or rectitude; a person who is morally just, honest, or honourable. (OED)


"Mixing readings with recollections of Pinter's pugnacious judgments, he argues that the playwright, while justly celebrated for his merciless dialogue and eerily aloof characters, was underappreciated as a poet and a mensch."

 - Tad Friend, "Skyping John Malkovich", 3 December 2012 The New Yorker